Alignment of Higher Education Study Programs and Job Market Demand using Machine Learning Techniques – A Case Study on Balkan Countries’ Universities

Abstract

Nowadays, a great importance is given to the compatibility between the demands of the labor market and the study programs offered by universities. It is an issue which is constantly addressed by different countries of the world. In our research, we address this issue for universities in the region, including Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, and Albania. Three universities are involved in the research, when the comparison of study programs and labor market demands is made through automated tools. This comparison is made for the technology programs which are offered by these universities, also the labor market demands which are extracted from the websites are from the field of technology. Also, at the end of our research we are be able to see the analysis which has been done between the study programs from the universities of the region and the job demands of the European market.

How Machine Learning (ML) is Transforming Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review

“…In addition, several researchers have employed ML based approaches to predicting the employability of college graduates in order to develop study plans to guide that match the demands of the labor market (Brockmann et al, 2019;ElSharkawy et al, 2022;Januzaj et al, 2022;Mewburn et al, 2020;Saidani et al, 2022;Sobnath et al, 2020). These kinds of studies are useful for HEI´s to develop a study curriculum that satisfies the demands of the job market.…”